Blue Note session · in the studio
December 7, 1966
Duke Pearson Sextet
In the room
- Duke Pearson – piano
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
James Spaulding – alto sax, flute
Joe Henderson – tenor sax
Ron Carter – bass- Mickey Roker – drums
The takes
What the numbers mean
BN308-2 is a matrix number: Blue Note gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series (BN308 is "Humph"), and the figure after the dash is which take of that tune was kept. Early on the series starts each tune's takes at 0, so -0 is usually the first try.
tk. 5 is the take as counted through the whole day, from the first tune to the last: the way the studio's log and, from the mid-1950s, Rudy Van Gelder's tapes number them. Later dates have only these.
On the earliest records (1939–40) the numbers in the matrix place, like 486A-1 or GM535-6, are the masters' numbers from the studios and pressing plants Blue Note used before it had its own series.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| 1803 · tk. 1 | Gaslight | BLP 4252 |
| 1804 · tk. 10 | Ready Rudy? | 45 · 45-1931, BLP 4252 |
| 1805 · tk. 12 | Big Bertha | BLP 4252 |
| 1806 · tk. 17 | After The Rain | BLP 4252 |
| 1807 · tk. 27 | Sweet Honey Bee | 45 · 45-1931, BLP 4252 |
| 1808 · tk. 28 | Empathy | BLP 4252 |
| 1809 · tk. 32 | Sudel | BLP 4252 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4191 | Wahoo! | Duke Pearson | 1966+ | Duke Pearson, James Spaulding, Joe Henderson, Mickey Roker |
3 of them 6 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4213 | Components | Bobby Hutcherson | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Ron Carter | |
| BLP 4219 | The All Seeing Eye | Wayne Shorter | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Ron Carter | |
| BLP 4240 | Rough 'N Tumble | Stanley Turrentine | 1966 | Duke Pearson, James Spaulding, Mickey Roker | |
| BLP 4196 | Blue Spirits | Freddie Hubbard | 1967 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Joe Henderson | |
| BLP 4256 | The Spoiler | Stanley Turrentine | 1967 | Duke Pearson, James Spaulding, Mickey Roker | |
| BLP 4267 | The Right Touch | Duke Pearson | 1967 | Duke Pearson, Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding |
